Am I Collective’s World Cup Art

May 28th, 2010 | by: chris |

Mural_Switzerland

ESPN’s going to get a lot of credit for their World Cup murals, but they hired out Wieden + Kennedy – the crew responsible for Nike’s Write The Future ad – who in turn hired out the Cape Town, South Africa illustrators known as the Am I Collective.

The concept was to be based upon 80’s Ghanaian movie posters, an art genre probably unknown to most, and they took three months to complete murals for all 32 teams. All have some sort of meaning or relevance to the national team; however, America might switch from the Sports Illustrated curse to the ESPN mural curse – Michael Essien and Michael Ballack are both featured.

Sound the alarm…

A few of the favorites below; the sole favorite, at least personally, is the image of three members lifting up the nation of Honduras – which is exactly what this World Cup run has done.

Mural_SouthAfrica

Mural_Japan

Mural_Denmark

Mural_Cameroon

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Mural_Honduras

The full 32 can be viewed here.

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http://twitter.com/RabsWorld Rab Bakari

I definitely like! I was wondering when someone on the 'Net was going to blog on this. I first saw these posted on the side of the north building of the Port Authority Bus terminal here in New York city's famous cross street. 42nd St. & 8th ave {Manhattan} on 24May. A true intersection where thousands of tourist/nationals.. including ppl from the 32 finalist pass every day. We were all out there flashing away with cameras. Made the Fever move a degree up in me as I prepare to depart for Cape Town South Africa on 8 June! Hooooooooo!